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Small intestine
Its lining releases secretin and cholecystokinin, signals involved in coordinating digestion.
Source: NCI / SEERReceptor location — biological context
A receptor in an organ does not prove that this compound reaches or affects that organ.
- GLP1R
Homo sapiens · non-human primates
Within the gastrointestinal tissues studied, GLP1R expression was highest in Brunner’s glands of the duodenum. The study also found it in myenteric neurons throughout the gut.
Source: Pyke et al., 2014
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